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6921Image Descriptionen-uscwalker@eicc.edugolson@eicc.eduFri, 18 Aug 2017 12:00:00 -0400Sat, 12 Aug 2017 12:00:00 -0400http://www.rssboard.org/rss-2-0-1National Agricultural Literacy Outcomeshttp://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=8128
http://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=8128We are a nation that has reaped the benefits of a successful agricultural system. This has allowed our society to flourish, engage in leisure activities, and dream about future endeavors. Our successful innovations concerning food and fiber has resulted in fewer farmers and larger yields. However, this success story has come with a consequence—a society that has little understanding concerning agricultural production and processing, and how this system meets our basic needs (food, clothing, shelter), and relates or interacts with a sustainable environment and our quality of life. Daily decisions made by individuals, through dollars and voting, affect our agricultural system—from soil to spoon. If U.S. agriculture is going to continue to meet the needs of the U.S. population and address growing global needs, agriculture needs to be understood and valued by all.Sun, 21 May 2017 08:58:37 -0400TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE Multimedia Teacher Education Programmehttp://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=8125
http://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=8125Close to one trillion people in the world do not have sufficient food for a healthy and active life. While much progress has been made towards food security in recent decades, without further urgent and coordinated action, poverty, hunger and malnutrition will continue to undermine the lives of hundreds of millions of people now and in years to come.The world’s population reached 6 billion people in 1999 and is expected to reach 8.5 billion by 2025, when 83% of the world will be living in the South. However, our long-term ability to meet growing demands for food often seems uncertain. Thus, one of our greatest challenges is increasing food production in a sustainable manner so that everyone can be adequately and nutritiously fed without over-exploiting the Earth’s ecosystems.This module introduces the main goals of sustainable agriculture and examines a range of sustainable farming practices and case studies. As such, it develops an understanding of how sustainable farming can both enhance food production and ensure that natural resources are managed in the best way possible for long-term sustainability.The module also provides ideas about ways in which the theme of sustainable agriculture may be integrated into the curriculum as part of the process of reorienting education towards a sustainable future.Sun, 21 May 2017 08:50:21 -0400Native Shrubs for the Increasingly Challenging Landscape Environmenthttp://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=8072
http://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=8072The sustainable landscape featuring native plants is a rapidly expanding trend in horticulture. Native plants enhance the local ecology by providing habitat for wildlife and support for pollinators. A number of important ornamentals have been identified as invasive and will no longer be available due to plant bans, both voluntary and involuntary. Native species are by definition not invasive and offer a sustainable alternative.This article previously appeared in the Connecticut Botanical Society NewsletterAbout the Author:Dr. Jessica Lubell is an Associate Professor of Horticulture at the University of Connecticut. She has 15 years of experience working with the green industry. She has worked closely with growers to expand production of new native shrubs. Dr. Lubell is the 2015 recipient of the New England Nursery Association Young Nursery Professional Award. You can follow her research and outreach work on Facebook at Native Plant Gal.Sun, 26 Mar 2017 09:39:55 -0400Agriculture: sustainable crop and animal production to help mitigate nitrous oxide emissionshttp://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=7887
http://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=7887Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from agriculture can be tackled by reducing demand for, and consumption of, nitrogen (N) inputs via diet modification and waste reduction, and/or through technologies applied at the field level. Here we focus on the latter options. Opportunities for mitigating N2O emissions at the field level can be advanced by a clearer scientific understanding of the system complexities leading to emissions, while maintaining agricultural system sustainability and productivity. A range of technologies are available to reduce emissions, but rather than focus specifically on emissions, the broader management and policy focus should be on improved N use efficiency and effectiveness; for lower N2O emissions per unit of crop and animal product, or per unit of land area.Tue, 28 Apr 2015 02:12:52 -0400Precision Nitrogen Application: Farmer-to-Farmer Case Study Serieshttp://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=7800
http://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=7800These case studies were completed as part of the Regional Approaches to Climate Change for Pacific Northwest Agriculture project. The intent of the case studies is to explore innovative approaches regional farmers are using that may increase their resilience in the face of a changing climate.Eric Odberg is a fourth generation farmer who practices no-till management and was an early adopter of variable rate nitrogen (VRN) application in the dryland production region of the Pacific Northwest.Thu, 20 Nov 2014 04:01:31 -0500New Entry Sustainable Farming Project: Farmer Resource Libraryhttp://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=7797
http://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=7797New Entry's farmer library has hundreds of resources on sustainable farming, marketing, and operating a successful small business. Our physical library at our offices in Lowell, MA contains books, periodicals, pamphlets, and videos in English, Spanish, Hmong, and Khmer. You can also search the directory for downloadable digital resources, helpful websites, and online farming videos.Thu, 20 Nov 2014 03:25:13 -0500Energy and Economic Returns by Crop Rotationhttp://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=7696
http://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=7696Energy and economic returns are presented from 2006-2011 comparing three cropping systems at the ISU Marsden Farm: 2-year conventional corn-soybean rotation and 3- and 4-year rotations that add small grain, red clover and alfalfa.Wed, 28 May 2014 02:22:47 -0400Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculturehttp://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=7688
http://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=7688The Leopold Center is a research and education center on the campus of Iowa State University created to identify and reduce negative environmental and social impacts of farming and develop new ways to farm profitably while conserving natural resources.Wed, 21 May 2014 01:12:19 -0400Biodiversity Internationalhttp://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=7687
http://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=7687Bioversity International: research for development in agricultural and forest biodiversity . Bioversity International provides scientific evidence of the role that on-farm and wild agricultural and forest biodiversity can play in a more nutritious, resilient, productive and adaptable food and agricultural system.Wed, 21 May 2014 01:03:41 -0400Global Politics of Food and Waterhttp://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=7677
http://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=7677The 2014 annual Camden Conference focused on the Global Politics of Food and Water. Presentations were videotaped, and are available for viewing on the Camden Conference website.Keynote Address: Two Pathways into the Future: Which to Choose?Fred Kirschenmann: Leopold Center, Iowa State UniversityThe Role of Agricultural Biodiversity in Adapting to Climate ChangeAnn Tutwiler: Director General, Bioversity InternationalAfrica’s Next Harvest: Technological Leapfrogging and Sustainable AgricultureCalestous Juma: Professor of the Practice of International Development, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard UniversityOverheated: The Human Cost of Climate ChangeAndrew Guzman: Berkeley Law School, Author of “Overheated: The Human Cost of Climate Change”New Solutions for a Changing Ocean Andreas Merkl: CEO and President, Ocean ConservancyPanel: Panel on What Agriculture Practices Are Best to Insure Global Food SecurityOpportunities for Big Climate Solutions from Small-Scale ProductionKathleen Merrigan: former Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and ConsultantWhat can we learn from China about Feeding the World?Jim Harkness: Senior Advisor on China, Institute for Agriculture and Trade PolicyX-Farming: Coming to a Planet Near YouDave Gustafson: Senior Science Fellow, Monsanto CompanyFood Security Challenges Facing Maine and the United StatesChellie Pingree:, Member Maine, US House of Representatives.International Food Security: The Limits of Global GovernanceRobert Paarlberg: Adjunct Professor, Harvard Kennedy School, author of “Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know.”Agriculture, Water and Nutrition: A Crisis or Will New Technologies Be in Time?Gus Schumacher: Vice President of Policy, Wholesome Wave FoundationWed, 21 May 2014 09:33:02 -0400Iowa Local Food & Farm Planhttp://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=7206
http://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=7206State efforts to grow Iowa’s local food economyhave taken many forms over the past15 years. The Leopold Center began fundinglocal food system projects through its competitivegrants program in 1996. Over the next fouryears a number of organizations and institutions,including Practical Farmers of Iowa, IowaState University, Iowa Network for CommunityAgriculture, the Drake University AgriculturalLaw Center, and Iowa Department of Agricultureand Land Stewardship worked with farmersto coordinate local food pilot projects.Sat, 22 Jan 2011 04:32:03 -0500Soil Quality Conceptshttp://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=7190
http://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=7190Basic description of soil quality with links to organic matter, soil biology, soil characteristics, assessment, and management.Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:20:27 -0500Soil Quality Publicationshttp://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=7189
http://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=7189A collection of downloadable resources on soil quality, biology, conservation, and managementThu, 20 Jan 2011 04:07:38 -0500Upper Mississippi Basin Stakeholder Networkhttp://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=6916
http://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=6916The Upper Mississippi Basin Stakeholders Network (UMBSN) is a McKnight Foundation grant-funded project of the Department of Resource Analysis, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Winona, Minnesota. The UMBSN strives to increase water quality in the upper Midwest by improving agricultural land use practices with regard to nutrients, sediments, and contaminations, and their effects on groundwater and surface waters by providing information, news, and a unique short environmental fiction series called "The Upper Basin Chronicles," to an audience of land and water managers, scientists, educators, farmers, business people, environmentalists, and various associated organizations.The UMBSN is a network of stakeholders, i.e,. organizations and individuals interested in the upper basin's soil and water conservation issues, the loss of sediment and nutrients, and the related effects on water quality. The stakeholders include farm organizations, environmental organizations, watershed management alliances, county soil and water conservation districts, landowners, tribes, and federal and state agencies in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin.Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:15:44 -0400The Lundberg Farmshttp://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=6833
http://www.eerl.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ResourceId=6833From planting the seeds to harvesting, and everything in between, Bryce Lundberg takes students through the process of growing one of our most important staples: rice. To ensure he grows a successful crop, Bryce depends on his algebra skills to get the job done.Running time 4:09 minutes. Available by subscription.Sat, 4 Sep 2010 06:12:23 -0400